Studies of the nests of the fungus-growing termite Macrotermes natalensis (Isoptera: Macrotermitinae)
Monthly sampling of 71 laboratory nests, each with a pair of adults, revealed that eggs and first-instar larvae were observed in the third month, minor workers in the fourth month and minor soldiers in the seventh month. Mortality of the pairs was high, with only five pairs surviving over the 10 mon...
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10413/10295 |